ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,829, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. (Tallahassee, Fla.).
"Functional bottlebrush polymers" was invented by Hoyong Chung (Tallahassee, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example of a bottlebrush polymer has a polymer backbone and a plurality of individual brush moieties bonded to the polymer backbone. The individual brush moieties respectively include a crosslinked oxyamine moiety, a hydrophilic segment, and a surface adhesive terminal group."
The patent was filed on March 8, 2024, under Application No. 18/600,087.
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